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HORSE DETAGHER.

No. 372,902. Patented Nov. 8 1887'.

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-n' j BY v ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MARTIN FIEDLER, OF 'WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI.

HORSE-DETACHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,902, dated November 8, 1887. Application filed August 26, 1887. Serial No. 247,939. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MARTIN FIEDLER, of Wentzville, in the county of St. Charles and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Horse -Detacher, of which the following is aspeoification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof. in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle to which my improved horse-detacher has been applied. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the ends of the singletree, showing the traces and singletree in the position of use. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the end oft-hesingletree, showing the position of the parts when the trace is released, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a singl etree with my improved detacher applied.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for the singletrees of vehicles, for holding and adjusting the traces and ferrictaching the horse in case of accident.

My invention consists in a clamping-buckle pivoted to the end of a singletree and adapted to engage the trace, and ih the combination therewith of a cord extending into the vehicle and arranged for releasing the clampingbuckle. To the end of the singletree A is secured a double eye, B, in which is pivoted the bar C, which is curved outwardly at its center and thickened to form a bearingsurface, a. In the curved bar 0, at the middle of its length, and near its inner concave surface, is pivoted a buckle-loop, b, which extends over the bearing surface a, and is adapted to receive between itself and the bearing surface the end of the trace D. The surface a is of about the same width as the trace D. The free end of the curved bar 0 is apertured to receive the ring 0, to which is attached a cord, (1. The cord extends toward the middle of the singletree A and passes through an eye, 6, projected from the front of the singletree.

, The cords d from opposite ends of the singletree, after passing through the eyes e, are connected with the single cord 9, which extends upward over the dash-board F-of the vehicle and within easy reach of the driver. The trace D is fastened in the clamping buckle by inserting it underneath the loop 1), allowing it to draw forward until the loop brings it into firm contact with the bearingsurface a. The

firmness of the contact of the trace with the surface a is increased by an increasedtension of the trace.

When it is desired to release the traces, the cord 9 is pulled, turning the curved bar 0 inward toward the middle of the singletree, thereby turning the buckle-loop b, as shown in Fig. 8, so as to readily release the traces.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the double eye B, the curved bar 0, provided with the bearingsurface a, the loop b, and the cord at, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the double eye B, the curved bar 0, provided with the bearing-surface a, the loop 12, the cord d, and the eyes 6 and cord 9, substantially as described.

JOHN MARTIN FIEDLER.

'Witnesses:

J. M. HUDsoN, H. L. MoRoBERTs. 

